LOUIS POULSEN IN THE HOUSE

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For more than seventy years, Louis Poulsen has collaborated with visionary architects and designers to produce innovative lighting solutions for buildings and their surroundings. The superior styling, craftsmanship and quality of Louis Poulsen products can be found on prominent projects around the globe.

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1874	Ludvig R. Poulsen sets up a wine importing business under the name Kjøbenhavns direkte Vin-Import-Kompagni (The Copenhagen Direct Wine Import Company). The firm closes down in 1878.
1891	Denmark’s first electric power station opens in Odense.
1892	Denmark’s second power station opens in central Copenhagen, and Ludvig R. Poulsen opens his second business, this time selling tools and electrical supplies.
1896	Ludvig R. Poulsen hires his nephew, Louis Poulsen.
1906	Ludvig R. Poulsen dies. His nephew Louis takes over the business and, two years later, moves it to Nyhavn 11, which is still the domicile of the company’s headoffice today.
1911	Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen becomes a partner in the firm, whose name is changed to Louis Poulsen & Co.
1914	Louis Poulsen & Co. publishes its first catalogue - featuring machines and tools.
1917	Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen buys Louis Poulsen’s share in the firm for 10,000 Danish kroner and becomes the sole owner of Louis Poulsen & Co (Louis Poulsen).
1918	The industrial and agricultural sectors are utilising electricity to an increasing degree: Louis Poulsen’s turnover exceeds five million kroner.
1924	Designer Poul Henningsen begins working together with Louis Poulsen with a view to taking part in an international exhibition for decorative art to be held in Paris called “Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs & Industriels Modernes”. A competition is held to find qualified participants: Henningsen is one of the winners.  Poul Henningsen
1925	Poul Henningsen’s lamps win a gold medal at the exhibition.
1926	Louis Poulsen and Poul Henningsen are awarded a contract to provide lighting for the newly constructed Forum building in Copenhagen using the now-legendary PH lamp with three shades. Louis Poulsen starts marketing light fittings, and its first lighting catalogue is published with descriptions in Danish, German, English and French.
1929	Louis Poulsen distributes Henningsen’s lamps through agents abroad in most of Europe and in North and South America, Africa and Asia.
1933	The first wholesale electrical supplies business opens in Jutland (Denmark).
1938	Sophus Kaastrup-Olsen dies and Emun Rager becomes managing director.
1939	Louis Poulsen & Co. becomes a limited company: Louis Poulsen & Co. A/S.
1941	Louis Poulsen & Co. A/S acquires the Laurits Henriksen metal goods factory in Copenhagen and becomes a manufacturer of lighting fittings. The first issue of LP-NYT is published with Poul Henningsen as editor. Henningsen designs a blackout lamp for the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen which allows the Gardens to stay open until midnight: the light from the lamps cannot be seen from aeroplanes flying over the city.  Tivoli 1941
1958	The PH5 lamp is launched: the 5 in its name refers to its 50 cm diameter.
1959	Louis Poulsen’s new building at Sluseholmen in Copenhagen is inaugurated. It will be used for fluorescent lamp assembly and as a warehouse for electrical supplies. Jens Kaastrup-Olsen is appointed managing director.
1962	The first lighting subsidiary outside Denmark is set up in Western Germany.
1964	The wholesale sales division grows with the acquisition of A/S Classen-Smidth, who provides Louis Poulsen with branches in Odense and Vejle. A lighting subsidiary is established in France.
1965	The Laurits Henriksen metal goods factory changes its name to Elpefa A/S.
1967	The partnership I/S El-Salg is founded.
1969	Elpefa A/S moves to a new factory building at Sluseholmen and takes over all production and assembly of fixtures and fittings.
1975	A lighting subsidiary is set up in Sweden.
1976	Hans Cordes is appointed managing director after the death of Jens Kaastrup-Olsen.
1977	The metal goods manufacturer Elpefa A/S merges with Louis Poulsen. Louis Poulsen class B shares are quoted on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange for the first time.
1978	The wholesale electrical supplies warehousing function moves from Sluseholmen to two new locations outside Copenhagen. The old warehouse building is converted for production use.
1981	Louis Poulsen purchases the S.C. Sørensen company’s wholesale electrical supplies division, thereby taking over eight wholesale electrical supplies outlets.
1984	The trade and engineering firm Elpefa Handels- og Ingeniørfirma A/S is founded.
1985	A lighting subsidiary in the USA, a wholesale electrical supplies business in the Faroe Islands, and JO-EL A/S are set up.  Louis Poulsen Lighting, Inc.

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